Psalm 18:43:3Ps.18.43.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:44
עָ֫ם
am
“people”
- Transliteration
- AM
- Extended
- AAM
- IPA
- /ˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AM
- phraseyour reading level
me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM
- sentence
te-fal-le-TE-ni me-ri-VEI AM te-si-ME-ni le-ROSH go-YIM AM LO-YA-da-TE ye-av-du-NU-ni
Exegesis
The prepositional construct merivei ʿam {מֵרִיבֵי עָם | mē-rî-ḇê ʿām} ‘from the quarrels of the people’ situates the source of deliverance.
The juxtaposed clause am lo-yadati {עַם לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי | ʿam lō-yā-daʿ-tî} ‘a people I did not know’ and the final Qal imperfect yaavduni {יַעַבְדֻנִי | ya-ʿav-dū-nî} ‘will serve me’ creates a result relationship, emphasizing universal obedience. A chiastic structure (deliver–enthronement–service) highlights theological progression from rescue to authority to submission.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–mem
“to thunder”
In context — Psalm 18:43
You delivered me from the quarrels of the people; you made me head over the nations . A people whom I did not know will serve me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:43, so the Hebrew word עָ֫ם (am) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ps.18.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.43.W3.S1) and character.